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Roman and medieval ruins in "Kaisarieh", drawn for the 1871-77 PEF Survey of Palestine. Caesarea was built in Roman Judea under the Jewish client King Herod the Great during c. 22-10/9 BCE near the ruins of the small naval station of Straton's Tower. [6] The site, along with all of Judea, was awarded by Rome to Herod in 30 BCE. [15]
Avdat or Ovdat (Hebrew: עבדת), and Abdah or Abde (Arabic: عبدة), are the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine settlement of Oboda (tabula Peutingeriana; Stephanus Byzantinus) or Eboda (Ptolemaeus 5:16, 4) [1] in the Negev desert in southern Israel.
Ancient Roman theatres in Israel (2 P) Pages in category "Roman sites in Israel" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
In 73 AD, the Roman governor of Iudaea, Lucius Flavius Silva, headed the Roman legion X Fretensis and laid siege to Masada. [11] Another source gives the year of the siege of Masada as 73 or 74 AD. [18] The Roman legion surrounded Masada, building a circumvallation wall and then a siege ramp against the western face of the plateau. [11]
The chronological periods are abbreviated in this way: Pa - Paleolithic; EP - Epipalaeolithic; Ne - Neolithic; Ch - Chalcolithic; EB - Early Bronze Age; IB - Intermediate Bronze Age (also called "Early Bronze IV" and "Middle Bronze I")
[7] [8] Remains from the early Roman period include the Pool of Siloam and the Stepped Street, which stretched from the pool to the Temple Mount. [9] The excavated parts of the archeological site are today part of the Jerusalem Walls National Park. [a] [11] The site is managed by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and operated by the Ir ...
Herodion (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώδειον; Arabic: هيروديون; Hebrew: הרודיון), Herodium (), or Jabal al-Fureidis (Arabic: جبل فريديس, lit. '"Mountain of the Little Paradise"') is an ancient fortress located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Jerusalem and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Bethlehem.
Ashkelon National Park (Hebrew: גן לאומי אשקלון, Arabic: متنزه قومي عسقلان) is an Israeli national park consisting of the ruins of ancient Ascalon and Palestinian village Al-Jura, situated along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea southwest of the city of Ashkelon. The national park encompasses the heart of ancient ...